News

• 27 May 2005
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Concern in Guinea Bissau after performances of former Presidents Kumba Yala and João Bernardo Viera Bissau (Fides Service)-“There is apparent calm, but tension remains” said local Church sources in Bissau, capital of Guinea Bissau where the reported occupation of the Presidential Residence by former president Kumba ...
• 27 May 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “The situation in Darfur has not improved, Janjaweed Arab militia raids on civilians continue” Laura Boldrini of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees told Fides Khartoum (Fides Service)- “Unfortunately the situation in Darfur has not improved” United Nations High Commission for Refugees spokesperson Laura Boldrini told Fides. “Armed incursions on civilians on the part of t ...
• 27 May 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - National Day For Life: Catholic Church in Korea condemns human cloning and recalls Evangelium Vitae encyclical ten years on Seoul (Fides Service) - Respect for life from the moment of conception, protect rights of human embryo which is not an object; no to the abhorrent practice of cloning which involves an attempt to take the place of God th ...
• 25 May 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - First case of polio since 1995: an 18 month old boy. The number of cases has since risen to 14 Rome (Fides Service) - The World Health Organisation has confirmed that another six children in Indonesia have polio and this brings the number of confirmed cases to 14 after a decade without any case of polio being regi ...
• 25 May 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - War is the main cause of persisting hunger in the world. Food Security Commission raises alarm Rome (Fides Service) - Devastating floods in Asia, severe drought in Africa, the greenhouse effect and progressive melting of half of the world’s glaciers are all threats to the world’s food situation, but war remain ...
• 25 May 2005
  EUROPA/SPAIN - Year of the Eucharist - “New Evangelisation in a de-Christianised Europe can only be from the Eucharist and towards the Eucharist”: all-night adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Seville (Fides Service) - The Spanish association for all-night Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, founded in Madrid in 1877, is present today in every diocese of the country with a total number of 1,500 sections and ci ...
• 25 May 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Year of the Eucharist:Corpus Christi may give new impulse to Catholic mission in Australia Sydney (Fides Service) - In Australia the 'Eucharist source of mission' is the theme of inspiration for various initiatives in view of the annual feast of Corpus Christi on Thursday 26 May which is particularly intense a ...
• 25 May 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope comments on Psalm 115: “The entire people of God, thank the Lord of life, Who never abandons the just in the dark bosom of pain and death, but leads then to hope and to life." Vatican City (Fides Service) - “In the original Hebrew Psalm 115 forms one composition with the previous psalm 114. Both form a unitary act of thanksgiving to the Lord who frees us from the nightmare of death. In our ...
• 25 May 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Positive end to kidnapping in Mindanao: a bishop helped obtain release of sixteen women and children Manila (Fides Service) - The kidnapping and release of sixteen bus passengers yesterday in Zamboanga Sur in Mindanao southern Philippines which caused great alarm among the local people was happily concluded without any ...
• 25 May 2005
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Year of the Eucharist: The Eucharist is fundamental, essential in the life of the missionary. It is like going to the source to be filled with that which we wish to offer to others Rome (Fides Service) - “The Eucharist is fundamental, essential in the life of the missionary. It is the most important moment for us, like going to the source to be filled with that which we wish to offer to others: t ...
• 25 May 2005
  AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “With the election of the new President the international community has no excuse: it must assure the country urgently needed financial aid” Bangui (Fides Service)- “Now that Central Africa has a regularly elected President and a Parliament there can be no excuses, the international community must take measures to send financial aid because the country has ...
• 25 May 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Year of the Eucharist:A week of reflection and prayer on the Eucharist in the dioceses of Colombia and the celebration of Eucharistic Congresses mark the solemnity of Corpus Christi Bogota (Fides Service) - In this Year of the Eucharist the Catholic Bishops of Colombia, through the Bishops Conference’s Liturgy Commission agreed to hold a Week of Reflection on the Eucharist from 22 to 29 the week i ...
• 25 May 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - Catholic Bishops of Togo thank French Bishops for closeness and solidarity x Lome (Fides Service)- “We are extremely concerned for the situation of human rights in Togo” the International Federation of Human Rights Organisations said in a letter addressed to Kofi Annan United Nations Secretar ...
• 25 May 2005
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Ecumenical demonstration pro-life and pro-family against proposed national plan of prevention of crimes against sexual autonomy and against minors and assistance for victims Asuncion (Fides Service) - This evening, 25 May at 7pm in the square in front of the cathedral of Asuncion, Paraguay there will be an ecumenical demonstration pro-life and pro-family against proposed national plan of pre ...
• 25 May 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - “People’s trust in the Church derives from the years of the civil war when the clergy stayed by their people” says the President of the Burundian Bishops’ Conference Rome (Fides Service)- “People trust the Church, this is why priests and religious will be among those watching to see the election is fair and free” said Bishop Jean Ntagwarara of Bubanza who is President Burundian B ...